On Sunday, March 29, 2020 08:50:11 PM David Christensen wrote:
> On 2020-03-28 17:19, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > To clarifly / amplify -- I don't think it is going to be worth the
> > trouble to try to make it (the Wavlink) work.
>
> Well, that's no fun. :-(
;-)
> I have found that it is
On 2020-03-28 17:17, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, March 28, 2020 04:41:57 PM David Christensen wrote:
On 2020-03-28 12:18, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
I received the Wavlink device, but I'm fairly certain I'm going
to return it and give up on it. (I'm not clear on what software
/
On Saturday, March 28, 2020 08:17:56 PM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> I haven't unwrapped the unit -- I'm returning the unit in the original,
> intact packaging.
To clarifly / amplify -- I don't think it is going to be worth the trouble to
try to make it (the Wavlink) work.
On Saturday, March 28, 2020 04:41:57 PM David Christensen wrote:
> On 2020-03-28 12:18, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I received the Wavlink device, but I'm fairly certain I'm going to return
> > it and give up on it. (I'm not clear on what software / drivers I'd
> > have to find and install, and
On 2020-03-28 12:18, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
I received the Wavlink device, but I'm fairly certain I'm going to return it
and give up on it. (I'm not clear on what software / drivers I'd have to find
and install, and the device says it doesn't support Linux (but does mention
that it works
On Tuesday, March 24, 2020 08:32:27 AM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sunday, March 22, 2020 08:37:48 PM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > In that other thread, I point out that I decided to buy a Wavlink 3.0
> > docking station (with HDMI, DVI, and VGA video outputs) (on sale today at
> > Newegg) and
On Monday, March 16, 2020 11:22:20 AM Dan Ritter wrote:
> Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > > You could get a USB hub that could connect some peripherals --
> > > keyboard, mouse, printer, USB sticks... but nothing that will
> > > handle video or power connections.
> > > The generic laptop docks rely on
On Tuesday, March 24, 2020 09:10:16 AM Joe wrote:
> USB hubs are not peer-peer like the old Ethernet hubs. USB is a (quite
> complex) master-submaster-slave protocol with each device negotiating
> for speed and bandwidth with the one 'above'. The electronics of a USB
> hub shares out the bandwidth
On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 08:32:27 -0400
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
>* because the device is a USB hub, maybe the laptop could be
> connected to one of the USB 3.0 ports
USB hubs are not peer-peer like the old Ethernet hubs. USB is a (quite
complex) master-submaster-slave protocol with each device
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hmm, just by accident today, I came across another device that could possibly
> do the job (in kind of a MacGyver-like approach ;-)
>
> I'll give a link to it, mention the price, point out the problems that might
> prevent it from doing the job, before I say that I
On Sunday, March 22, 2020 08:37:48 PM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> In that other thread, I point out that I decided to buy a Wavlink 3.0
> docking station (with HDMI, DVI, and VGA video outputs) (on sale today at
> Newegg) and a dual USB 3.0 ExpressCard on ebay (for under $10).
Hmm, just by
On Monday, March 23, 2020 02:27:17 AM David Christensen wrote:
> The 187 MB/s is a worst-case scenario for FHD video -- decode on the CPU
> and send uncompressed frames over USB 3.0 to the video RAM in the
> docking station. Hopefully Debian, Linux, Xorg, whatever, have the
> architecture and
On 2020-03-22 17:37, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks to all who replied, to either this thread or my other related one,
"Speed of USB ports on Inspiron 1501".
In that other thread, I point out that I decided to buy a Wavlink 3.0 docking
station (with HDMI, DVI, and VGA video outputs) (on sale
Thanks to all who replied, to either this thread or my other related one,
"Speed of USB ports on Inspiron 1501".
In that other thread, I point out that I decided to buy a Wavlink 3.0 docking
station (with HDMI, DVI, and VGA video outputs) (on sale today at Newegg) and
a dual USB 3.0
Hi there,
On Mon, 16 Mar 2020, rhkramer wrote:
(Aside: I need to get a docking station with a VGA output as I "run" the
laptop through a KVM switch and one of the computers connected to it has no
HDMI output, and the KVM switch itself has no HDMI input.)
I get the idea (or I
On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 12:22:44 + (GMT)
"G.W. Haywood" wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> On Mon, 16 Mar 2020, rhkramer wrote:
>
> > (Aside: I need to get a docking station with a VGA output as I
> > "run" the laptop through a KVM switch and one of the computers
> > connected to it has no HDMI
>>> Any recommendations for a suitable docking station?
I'd go with a good old powered USB2 hub, and connect keyboard, mouse, and
whatever
else you want to that. That should get you down to one USB and one VGA cable.
>> The generic laptop docks rely on high-bandwidth, high-power USB3 ports,
and
On 3/16/20 9:50 AM, Andrii Borovyi wrote:
Once again I though about getting a dock station for my Dell Vostro
3360. Seems like there is no easy solution there. The only thing I
discovered is to switch to Latitude or XPS models (sorry, but no
Inspiron nor Vostro) that have support for docking
Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > You could get a USB hub that could connect some peripherals --
> > keyboard, mouse, printer, USB sticks... but nothing that will
> > handle video or power connections.
> > The generic laptop docks rely on high-bandwidth, high-power USB3
> > ports, and laptop support for
On Mon 16 Mar 2020 at 08:42:17 (-0400), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> (Aside: I need to get a docking station with a VGA output as I "run" the
> laptop through a KVM switch and one of the computers connected to it has no
> HDMI output, and the KVM switch itself has no HDMI input.)
If it helps,
Once again I though about getting a dock station for my Dell Vostro 3360. Seems
like there is no easy solution there. The only thing I discovered is to switch
to Latitude or XPS models (sorry, but no Inspiron nor Vostro) that have support
for docking stations. Unfortunately, that's the only
> You could get a USB hub that could connect some peripherals --
> keyboard, mouse, printer, USB sticks... but nothing that will
> handle video or power connections.
> The generic laptop docks rely on high-bandwidth, high-power USB3
> ports, and laptop support for alternate video modes sent over
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm thinking about buying a laptop docking station to make it easier to
> disconnect the laptop to take it to meetings.
>
> I don't know much about a laptop docking station except that the ones I've
> looked at seem to need only a USB (C or A) cable to connect the
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Asking this OT question here because this is my go to list for questions,
> especially ones for which I don't belong to a list that might be more
> specific
> to this subject.
>
> Background: I've installed Buster on an old laptop (my newest laptop, a Dell
>
Asking this OT question here because this is my go to list for questions,
especially ones for which I don't belong to a list that might be more specific
to this subject.
Background: I've installed Buster on an old laptop (my newest laptop, a Dell
Inspiron 1501) and I'm working on installing
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